Late-news-printing device



H. A. W. WOOD.

LATE NEWS PRINTING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 10, l-9I7- RENEWED MAY I6, I921.

1 ,40O,924 Patented Dec. 20, 1921.

Imven-tov M36 M003. 3341! "lzovn y- S WW HENRY A. 'WIESE WOOD, OF NEW" YQRK, N. '51., ASSIGNOR TO WOOD NEWFIPAPER IJIAOr GINIA.

iiNElEtsT GURPQRATIGIJ, OF NEE-W YORK, N. 3Z1, .d. OORZGRATION OF VIB- LAIJE-IilElfiIS-PRINTING DEVICE.

Application filed may 10, 1917, Serial No. 167,628.

TaiZ whmniimcy 00120 lie it 1 own that l, l'nnni' Wren What), a citizen oi? the United States residat. York, county of New York and to 'li, have inve -ted a new and useful a en's-Printing Device, of which the llowing is speciiication.

'lhis invention relates e vice adapted to be usel in a stereotype printin late itself. The principal objects oi? invention are to furnish a simple and quick means for introducing the la" inting matter into the plate itse t destroying or al tearing' the plate. lhis does away with the additional printing and inkingapparatus, usually employed for this purpose. The invention also provides for locating the late news matter kl i'fllll'il'ile. i in type-high posh tion in a most simple and expeditious manner. The invention involves improvements in the printing; plate, chase for holding the late news inatter having novel features.

Reference be had to the accompanydrawings, in which li' lQ'Ill'Q l. is perspective View of a seinicircular stereotype n'intinp; plate, constructed in accordance with this invention;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a printing plate cylinder showing this plate thereon with the late news matter in place;

3 is a perspective view oi the late news holder or chase;

Fig. 4: is a sectional view on the line l l of Fig. 2;

Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view on the line 5--5of Fig. i, and

Fig. 6 is a perspective view ofone of the linotype slugs adapted to be placed in this device.

The present method oi inserting late news is to have a separate printing device, which carries the slugs and makes the impression upon the paper as it runs over the printing cylinder of the press. An additional inking apparatus is necessary to ink this device, and it may he considered also that it involves entire extra printing apparatus. This invention is designed to avoid this additional apparatus, and to locate the late news device entirely in a stereotype plate, so that it will not have to be inked or treated separately.

."e news de- .QU'lOll with ,lpecizlcaticiz. of Letters Eatent.

Renewed May 16, 1921. Serial No. 470,200.

Another advantage oi this invention lies in the fact that the late news may be made to appear on any page oi the paper or it necessary upon all of the pages. The means employed is restricted so i 1 the late news can be inserted only upon is pages for which the late news printing device has been applied to the press, and most presses are titted up with late news de vices, which are capable of printing upon only the first pages, and these first pages invariably must be on the same location on the printing cylinder.

Referring to the drawings, it is to be DIES observed that the stereotype plate 1 is provided with pockets, recesses or openings 11,

projecting inwardly, all around preferably,

for purpose to be described. in the form shown, two of: these openings are illustrated, one at the edge, and one in an inside column.

The late news device which is a substitute for the ordinary construction, consists of a chase 13 having projecting edges 1% adapted to lit behind the rahbeted edges of the opening, the chase itself being of the same size as one of the openings in the plate. The chase is provided with a series of narrow plates 15 extending across it, separating it into a series of compartments 16, each one for receiving a linotype slug 1?. These plates and slugs are provided with perforations 18 which, when the slugs are as sembled properly, come into alineinent with each other and into alinenient with openings 19 through the side walls of the, chase. A wire, rod, or the like 20 is passed through th se series of perforations to hold the slugs in proper position. Then the chase with its slugs is inserted in the proper opening of the plate. if it is an inside column to which it is to be applied it is inserted through the back, although it can be inserted from the edge if it is an edge opening.

When placed upon the printing cylinder C the chase is backed up by the cylinder and it is held at the front by the projecting'rabbeted edges of the openings in the plate, or the plate can be held by a plate clamp D at the outer edge. The height or thickness of this plate is sufficiently lower than that of the printing plate to allow the rabheted openings to pass over the plate and hold the plate in permanent position, with its linotype slugs type-high or level With the printing surface of the plate.

This invention can be adapted to any rotary printing press now in use, using either cylindrical or se1ni-cylindrical printing plates, It is easily and quickly prepared both as to the plate and the chase, and the slugs can be inserted only in one position so that they are type-high. This is a very simple and eh ctive means for overcoming the difiiculties-in the application of the ordinary late news printing devices. It can be used to advantage in small presses, and in small plants, Where the late news prin ing devices of the ordinary kind would not be considered. 7

Although I have illustrated and described only one form of my invention, I am aware of the fact, that modification can be made therein by any person skilled in the art, Without departing from the scope of the invention as expressed in the claims. Therel ore, I do not Wish to be limited to the details of construction, but What I do claim is 2- 1. In a late news printing device, the combination of chase adapted to be applied to a printing plate, .aid chase having a space for linotype slugs Or the like and spaced notches in its end Walls, a series of plates extending into and held by said notches for divining the chase into sections for the reception of said linotype slugs, and rods supported by said chase and adapted to pass through the plates and linotype slugs to hold them in position;

2. In a late news printing device, the combination of a convex chase adapted to be applied to a semi-cylindrical printing plate, and having a space for linotype slugs or the like, and oircumferentially located rods supported by said chase and adapted to pass through the linotype slugs to hold them in position, said rods being curved so as to be at equal distances at all points from the printing surface. V

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature.

HENRY A. WISE WOOD. 

